I'm thinking of upgrading my i686 system (Intel Celeron, 1.8 GHz) from 512 MB RAM to 1GB (it uses PC133 SDRAM DIMM modules). I'm assuming this upgrade will give me better speed and performance. However, the memory module maker Kingston says that most operating systems are optimized for a set range of RAM; adding more RAM, to the extent that that's possible, may not necessarily improve performance.
I'm running Debian sarge with KDE, and I often keep more than half a dozen apps open at any given time (one or two browsers, news reader, news aggregator, IRC client, file manager, azureus, editor, streamtuner, etc.). At times the system gets to be a little sluggish. What is the behavior of Debian sarge? Would it run better on an i686 system if RAM is increased from 512 MB to 1 GB? Of course, if I had 1 GB RAM available I could also install one of the Linux live CD's (e.g. slax) on a big RAM drive and run it from there, presumably with good speed. Another question: If I increase RAM to 1 GB, should I also increase the size of the swap partition (currently 0.5 GB) and how much? Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
